[Rhodes22-list] Eagle Training Its Young?

[Steve]

Excellent story, Roger.  I guess that why I like to
hunt so much.  Get to see a lot of wildlife in the
woods.  Like on opening morning of bow season; I had a
scunk come directly under my tree stand and play
around under it for 30 minutes.  Talk about being
still.  I didn't want that thing knowing I was up the
tree.  It finally walk off without spraying.  Last
month during gun season; I had 3 raccoons come to my
deer feeder and eat for over 45 minutes.  They just
stuff themselves on corn.  Even had a bobcat come
though one day while I was hunting on one of my
stands.  Of course the highlight of the season was
when a 8 point came out on my food plot right at dark.
 It would have been a 10 but the buck had 2 of it
points broke off.  You could tell that it was a
dominate buck in that area.  I had to harvest that
buck.  Dress out 175 pounds of meat.  I harvested
another buck 4 days later but it was suppose to be a
doe.  At 125 yards, I thought that I had 3 does in
front of me; I let them pass hopeing that a big buck
was trailing them.  After they passed & there wasn't a
buck trailing them; I got on my doe call & called them
back.  To my supprise the one that I took ended up
being a button buck.  The hair on it head was longer
than it horns.  I hated that but it happens.  It dress
out about 80 pounds.  Now all I have left is a doe
tag.  I still need to get me a turkey.  We have a lot
of turkey on our hunting lease.  I would have taken
one during October bow hunting when about 12 came out
on me one afternoon.  But I had a couple does feeding
at my feeder too & I was hoping for a buck to come
out.  I ended up letting them all pass. After the
holidays I plan on doing some more bow hunting & maybe
I will get lucky.
Steve
 


--- Roger Pihlaja <cen09402 at centurytel.net> wrote:

> I witnessed something totally cool this afternoon. 
> I was driving west on US-10 going over the Sanford
> Lake causeway.  When I glanced towards the right
> (north), I saw 2 bald eagles about 75 yeards out on
> the lake sitting on top of the ice.  I don't see too
> many bald eagles around here & I immediately pulled
> off to the side of the expressway to observe them. 
> One of the eagles was clearly a mature specimen with
> the well defined white head feathers.  The other
> eagle was immature, with mottled white & brown head
> feathers.  They were sitting on the ice apparently
> sharing some dead critter.  From a distance, I would
> guess it was a rabbit.  The two eagles were both
> tearing at it freely & chowing down wothout any
> apparent animosity towards each other.  This really
> surprised me since bald eagles are supposed to be
> lone hunters & are not noted for sharing their
> kills.  I'm wondering if I was witnessing a parent
> giving its offspring a hunting lesson?  Anyway,
> after feasting together on this critter for another
> 10 minutes, the two bald eagles ate everything but a
> patch of red on the ice & then took off together
> flying north up Sanford Lake.  I wish I'd had a
> camera with me!
> 
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
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